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I agree with 90 or 95 kt on that imagery. Where is the IMD's T4.0 coming from? That is definitely a T5.0 with a case possible for T5.5. Given the small size, I would think the pressure is higher than expected - around 970 to 975mb.

The following is a copy/paste information from the RSMC advisory it may be slightly re-worded..At 2:30 AM IST, The Very Severe Cyclonic Storm Megh moved westwards with a speed of 21 km/h during past six hours and intensified further. The system now lays centered over west central and adjoining southwest Arabian sea near 12.7N 56.7E, about 300 km east of Socotra Island (41494) (Yemen), 550 km southeast of Salalah (41316) (Oman) and 1860 km west southwest of Mumbai (43003).

According to satellite imagery, intensity is T4.5. Associated broken low and medium clouds with embedded intense to very intense convection lie over the area between 11.5N to 14.5N and 55.0E to 58.0E. The convection shows eye pattern. The ragged eye is seen in both visible and infrared imagery. Minimum cloud top temperature in wall cloud region is -83C.

sustained winds of 80 knots with gusts of 90 knots. The winds are higher over the northern sector The state of the sea is phenomenal around the center. The estimated central pressure of the cyclonic storm is 976 hPa.